Contract Type: 1 x Permanent & 1 x Fixed Term Contract for 2 years
Fixed Term Contract Reason: Subject to funding
Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development commitment
Salary: Grade E. SCP 11 £27,269 - SCP 16 £29,572
Hours Per Week: 36 hours. All roles will include evening and weekend working (on a rota basis)
Base Location: Acre House, 51 A Manchester Road, Denton, M34 2AF
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
Are you looking to make a difference? Do you want to be part of an established team that makes a difference and supports people to improve their health and wellbeing?
Be Well Tameside has an exciting opportunity to join the team as a Health Improvement Worker as part of a wider Public Health team.
The Role
As a Health Improvement Worker, no two days are the samesome days you will be seeing people on a one-to-one basis, coaching them to make healthy changes, delivering health checks using point of care testing equipment (which can include finger prick blood testing) or stop smoking sessions. Other days you will be engaging with people on a stand at a busy event, facilitating workshops on a range of health-related topics or supporting the public health team in delivering health improvement projects.
We are committed to our ambition that the people of our Borough will stay as healthy as possible for as long as possible. To achieve that, we work in collaboration with people to assist them to improve their health, as well as forming partnerships with professionals and we work together for the community we serve. We respect and embrace the diverse Borough that we work in and strive to reduce health inequalities by making healthy choices accessible to all. We also trust the individual contributions of each of our team members and are receptive to innovation. We firmly believe that people have untapped resources within them, that can be unleashed by providing high quality, non-judgemental support.
About you
Here are some of the skills, knowledge and abilities that we are looking for in our newest Health Improvement Workers:
* Experience in community working (either paid or voluntary), with the ability to travel to venues across the borough to fulfil service delivery (including transportation of equipment).
* The confidence to facilitate workshops (in person and virtually), and the ability to work on a one to one basis.
* You need to be reliable, approachable, have excellent presentation / communication skills and a flexible approach to working (occasional evening or weekend working may be required to meet the needs of the service).
* You must enjoy being part of a team; yet possess the personal management skills to work alone.
* The ability to use computers to maintain records and enter data on our web-based client management systems.
* You will need to be highly organised, motivated and resilient.
About Us
Message from Stephanie Butterworth, Director of Adults Services at Tameside Council.
‘’ I’ve worked here for many years now and I’m proud of the work that we do together, ensuring people in our borough are living a good life.
‘‘Our vision is one which sees people living well in the place they call home, where they are supported to be a part of their local communities to live long, healthy and fulfilled lives.
‘’One way I regularly connect and listen to our workforce is through my monthly staff drop-in with our Principal Social Worker. This is an opportunity to create dedicated time for staff to share ideas, team updates and network across our services. It’s amazing to hear during sessions that they really value being part of Team Tameside and the opportunities that we bring, so we can make sure that they are part of delivering our ambition for the people we support.
‘’Working in Adult Social Care is a rewarding and fulfilling career choice, where you can really make a difference to people’s lives every day. We will support you to develop and fulfil your potential and create space for you to reflect and grow. We are dedicated to breaking barriers, so our workforce is rich with experience and understanding, always building and championing social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
People are always at the heart of everything we do, if our vision sounds like something you want to be part of, we offer a warm welcome to join us here at Team Tameside. ‘’
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact Health improvement Officers Lisa Hesford on 0161 342 5735 or 07933 173846 or email lisa.hesford@tameside.gov.uk or Lobna Begum-Haris on 0161 342 5737 or 07933 173848 or email lobna.begum-haris@tameside.gov.uk
Reference Number: 000872